So grateful to have stumbled across this. One of your best pieces Mike! And timely too--one of my dearest friends, who I started riding with in the mid-80s, lost his father last night. A former Merchant Marine with a tough exterior, he was such a genuinely sweet guy who related well to all of us kids. Having lost my dad two and half years ago I certainly can empathize.
And being about the same age as you I certainly relate to evolving (and devolving) as a cyclist and not wanting to pile in (with road rash and bruises taking forever to heal from a week ago--nothing like an idiotic crash on Rail-to-Trail bike path in Santa Cruz, riding my CX bike up a banked curb like I was a 16-year-old skateboarder). I also appreciate the sentiment from the OB ad--a definite problem I've had--time to get after it! Last CX race of the year for me tomorrow and it's wet and cold. Thanks.
Dec. 3, 2022, 11:18 a.m. - Brij Lunine
So grateful to have stumbled across this. One of your best pieces Mike! And timely too--one of my dearest friends, who I started riding with in the mid-80s, lost his father last night. A former Merchant Marine with a tough exterior, he was such a genuinely sweet guy who related well to all of us kids. Having lost my dad two and half years ago I certainly can empathize. And being about the same age as you I certainly relate to evolving (and devolving) as a cyclist and not wanting to pile in (with road rash and bruises taking forever to heal from a week ago--nothing like an idiotic crash on Rail-to-Trail bike path in Santa Cruz, riding my CX bike up a banked curb like I was a 16-year-old skateboarder). I also appreciate the sentiment from the OB ad--a definite problem I've had--time to get after it! Last CX race of the year for me tomorrow and it's wet and cold. Thanks.